WANT TO BE A GOOD BOSS?

DONT TAKE
CREDIT FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES WORK

TOP 10 BAD BOSS BEHAVIORS

Takes credit for your work

2
1
Doesnt appear to trust or empower you

17% of respondents who said a boss

had been the primary reason they
had left a job quit because their
3 Doesnt appear to care if you're overworked

boss took credit for their work Doesnt appear to advocate for you when it
4 comes to monetary compensation
Older employees are 60+
more likely to find 4559
bosses who falsely take 3034 5 Hires and/or promotes the wrong people

credit unacceptable 1829

Doesnt back you up when theres a dispute
77% 6 between you and one of your companys clients
75%
AGE Doesnt provide proper direction on
7 assignments/roles
61% 57%
Micromanages you and doesnt allow you the
8 freedom to work

Focuses more on your weaknesses than

9 your strengths

10 Doesnt set clear expectations

leazer
T h e S

NON-MANAGERS VS. MANAGERS

Non-managers tend to feel more strongly

about the top issues than managers

BOSS TAKES CREDIT

FOR YOUR WORK

75%
NON-MANAGERS

52% MANAGERS
100% 100%

75% 75%

50% 50%

25% 25%

25%

53% 48%
68%
72% 50%
BOSS DOESNT APPEAR TO BOSS DOESNT APPEAR TO CARE
TRUST OR EMPOWER YOU IF YOURE OVERWORKED
75%

100%

[ ]
PERCENTAGE OF RESPONDENTS WHO SAY ITS
NOT AT ALL ACCEPTABLE OR A DEAL BREAKER
THAT WOULD MAKE THEM WANT TO QUIT

WOMEN VS. MEN The Mafio

so

Many of the behaviors examined had sizable

differences between genders

Boss focuses more on your

weaknesses than your strengths MEN

WOMEN
Boss doesnt appear to care
if you're overworked

Boss takes credit for your work

Boss hires and/or promotes

the wrong people

Boss doesnt appear to trust

or empower you

10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

[ PERCENTAGE OF RESPONDANTS THAT SAY ITS NOT AT ALL ACCEPTABLE

OR A DEAL BREAKER THAT WOULD MAKE THEM WANT TO QUIT ] The Extraterrestrial

WHY PEOPLE ULTIMATELY LEAVE

44% said that a boss has been the primary

reason they have a left a job

Top 5 Characteristics of Their Boss

That Made Them Leave

MANAGEMENT CONDESCENDING MEAN OR HAD

STYLE ATTITUDE A BAD TEMPER

37% 30% 30%

INAPPROPRIATE HARASSED
BEHAVIOR EMPLOYEES

icrom a n a g e r 26% 24%

The M

The more bosses an employee has had, the more

likely they are to have quit because of a boss

26%
80%
PERCENTAGES
OF PEOPLE
WHO HAVE 70%
QUIT BECAUSE of respondents who said a boss had
OF A BOSS been the primary reason they had
60%
left a job quit because of a boss'
inappropriate behavior
50%

40%
MEN WOMEN

30% 20% 31%

20%

13 46 79 10+

NUMBER OF BOSSES THEYVE HAD

BEHAVIORS THAT ARENT AS BAD

Befriending your boss is more important to men

Death Incarnate

64% 54%
said that its acceptable for their boss to said that its acceptable for their boss to not spend
refuse to friend them on social media time together with employees outside of work

MEN WOMEN MEN WOMEN

59% 69% 49% 58%

ABOUT THE RESEARCH

The data from this study were informed by a March 2017 online survey of 1,029 U.S.-based individuals who were currently
employed, over the age of 18, and located in the U.S. This research was generated by BambooHR.

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